Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-04-23
STIRRED TO THE CORE.

Agitated establishments People
Aroused-The Borough Building and
Fire Alarm Project-A Meeting to be
Held To.Day-A Funny Quandary.
BIRMINGHAM, April 22-For some time
the people of this hamlet have had no diver
sion, no special excitement to stir the public
pulse. Now and then runaway on the main
street, or wrestle with pugnacious 5ron-
cho in the rink, or sale of few feet of I'M
improved land at market price, or a pen
and ink concours between local journals,
would awake us from the winters lethargy
and teach us that this borough is larger than
a hatiron. 1t was not anticipated that blood
would boil and curbstone eloquence prevail
as soon as it now augurs, at least SO many
days before the borough annual. The topic
that now rides astride all other concerns of
local interest is the projected borough edi-
fee. The diversity of opinions thereon as to
the need of such a building is strangely
variegated. Those whom one would fancy
would oppose the measure endorse it, and
vice versa. A meeting was held April and
vote taken to build such structure. The
careful Interpreters of the borough charter
concluded a viva voce vote was contrary to
the intent of the decalogue, and showed up
the illegality of the vote. Not to be beaten
the champions of the resolution essayed
to have the legislature legalize an il
legal action, and would probably have
succeeded had not halt been called in the
taxpayers for a hearing. This paper caused
a stay of proceedings, but the ardent advo-
Gates of the new enterprise conceived anoth-
er plan-to call another meeting and use the
checklist. This meeting is on the boards
for Saturday afternoon, April 23d. A "pre-
1fvr,ir, hall oct nirrv for
sion and general sufflation of opinion on
this unique expenditure to be. The ''call"
for the Saturday meeting is an admirable
specimen of somebody's forgetfulness or
want of practice in drawing up resolutions, or
else nice ingenuity and cleverness The
notice reads thus:
Resolved That a committee consisting of Geo
S. Arnold Thomas J. O'Sullivan and Almen b.
Glover, all of said borough, be and they hereby
ity to purchase in the name and on behalf of the
borough of Birmingham the premises situated on
streets in gaid borough and belonging the
cannot be obtained, to purchase such other prem
ises in said borough said committee shall deem
proper and suitable and said committee is hereby
fully authorized and empowered after the title of
said premises shall have been obtained to proceed
oueh for its own PURPOSES and for such other uses
and purposes, if any it shall deem advisable and
he Price to be- paid for the land the bndng fur
nishing and completing of said building not to ex-
And said committee is also further authorized
and empowered to borrow in the Of said
borough the money necessary to fully comply with
all of the foregoing matters, at rate of interest
not to exceed five per cent and to give the written
obligation of said borough in payment of the
same.
empowered and instructed to provide for said
borough. and place in proper position, the Stevens
a bell tower and an additional hose house, and to
purchase rent, as they shall deem best, suitable
premises in said borough for this purpose. in the
Immediate vicinity of Seventh street, the total
pense of the same including said fire alarm system,
bell, tower and hose house not to exceed So, o00
That the warden and burgeSSeS hereby in
sen1bly this State session for power to is
sue bonds bearing interest at greater rate than
four and one half per cent. per annum, and to be
payable not more than thirty years from this date,
the money derived from the sale thereof to be used
in liquidatng the present borough debt and paying
for the objects and purposes herenbefore mem
toned.
That the vote in relation TO the foregoing matters
passed at special meeting of the freemen of said
borough held the 18th day of April 1887, hereby
reScinded and repealed.
The vote upon the foregoing resolution will be
taken by ballot and those in favor of the resolution
will vote yes and those opposed to the resolution
will vote mo.
1t would appear by digesting this notice
building will be built. An affirmative ap-
proves this resolution, although it squelches
the previous action; negative goes counter
to the resolution and yet sustains the first
vote. In short, a vote that rescinds the meas
ure adopted at the April 7th meeting sus-
tains the foregoing resolution. 1t is of no
consequence how the votes tally this time-a
negative and affirmative vote mean the same,
that is, the erection of the bui1ding-which
Is the qusestio veXata, as nobody opposes
the fire electric alarm or tower.